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Homeland Blues
04:48
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Every night I have the strangest dream
All these ghosts are talking to me
I lay down in my bed and I can hardly sleep
These homeland blues have got a hold of me
I went over to my cousin’s house
To see if we couldn’t figure it out
He said it’s plain to see, you’ve got them homeland blues
What hope have I got if what you’re sayin’ is true
And I got them homeland blues
Tried to tell you I got them homeland blues
Got them homeland blues
Honey pull over I got them homeland blues
Sooner I get my ticket
Sooner I’ll come runnin back to you
I asked my mother do you know what I mean
She could hardly look up at me
Eyes to her paper and I knew she had them too
Eyes to her coffee and I knew she had them too
Have you ever missed something that you never even had
You’re down so low and you feel so bad
That’s when you know you got them homeland blues
That’s when you know that you got them homeland blues
And I got them homeland blues
Tried to tell you I got them homeland blues
Got them homeland blues
Honey pull over I got them homeland blues
Sooner I get my ticket
Sooner I’ll come runnin back to you
Well I went outside and I couldn’t get a cab
All distracted from the night we had
Sat down on the curb, nursing my homeland blues
Down on the curb and I’m nursing my homeland blues
My American soul gets lonely sometimes
I take a walk and it clears my mind
And I hold you tight to shake my homeland blues
I hold on tight just to shake my homeland blues
And I got them homeland blues
Tried to tell you I got them homeland blues
Got them homeland blues
Honey pull over I got them homeland blues
If home is where I left it, the sooner I’ll come running back to you
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Nothing But You
04:26
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Gone in a flash, gone in a flame
Gone in the dark, gone when I call your name
Under a wave, under the ground
Under my skin and still you hardly make a sound
I look back and still I see nothing
Nothing but you
A cabin floor, a piece of gold
I’ll take anything, anything my hands can hold
A dream that lingers in the light
And leaves you stumbling back toward that gentle night
I look back and still I see nothing
Nothing but you
What if I wake to find I was mistaken this whole time
But if I’d never lost you
You may never have been mine
Gone in the winter, gone in the spring
Leaves were falling I swear I heard you sing
Summer’s come, and I look around
Still you’re nowhere, no you’re nowhere to be found
I look back and still I see nothing
Nothing but you
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Make A Fool Out of Me
03:40
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When you hit your stride on a Monday night
At a half-empty bar downtown
Having nowhere to hide and nothing to lose
Sure helps keep your feet on the ground
Ooo, make a fool out of me
That’s what I live for, that’s what I need
A man that dies laughing is a wise man indeed
So won’t you please make a fool out of me
I’d come straight out of nowhere to the Hollywood Hills
And surely there was no guarantee
That my slight of hand, so carefully planned
Would turn the world’s eyes upon me
Ooo, make a fool out of me
That’s what I live for, that’s what I need
A man that dies laughing is a wise man indeed
So won’t you please make a fool out of me
There was one little voice at the edge of my mind
Asking when I might get a real job
And another much louder dead-center in my heart
That pushed me on from town to town
Ooo, make a fool out of me
That’s what I live for, that’s what I need
A man that dies laughing is a wise man indeed
So won’t you please make a fool out of me
I’ve heard it said that your fate is revealed
Slowly as you go along
But a magic man’s glove if it’s thrown hard enough
Will take on the wings of a dove
Ooo, make a fool out of me
That’s what I live for, that’s what I need
A man that dies laughing is a wise man indeed
So won’t you please make a fool out of me
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Don't Worry Honey
03:14
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If anyone asks me how I made it through
I say it’s a full tank of gas and that picture of you
One will take me a few states north
And the other reminds me what I’m driving for
Don’t worry honey, 'cause ain’t nothing gonna turn out right
Come on in a little closer now and turn out your reading light
The shadows in your eyes have been scaring me to death
It was always in the dark that I liked you best
If all these miles have taught me anything
It’s what a lovely mess I’ve made
And what an artful job I’ve done
Of documenting every one
Don’t worry honey, 'cause ain’t nothing gonna turn out right
Come on in a little closer now and turn out your reading light
The shadows in your eyes have been scaring me to death
It was always in the dark that I liked you best
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You've Been Away So Long
03:49
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I walked out in a storm the other night
I went out into the river as it raged above its banks the other night
And I was sure the current would part around my waist
But I reached out for your hand, I admit I was afraid
Strong swimmer though I know myself to be
Hey darlin, you’ve been away so long
Hey darlin, you’ve been away so long
See how the trees have grown since you’ve been gone
I went down, I went down to the water’s edge
I went down to the water as the sun sank low behind the ridge
The last deep breath of summer lies blazing in the sky
One step toward those mountains and I’d grow the wings to fly
Every whisper of the waves upon the shore tells me so
Hey darlin, you’ve been away so long
Hey darlin, you’ve been away so long
See how my garden’s grown since you’ve been gone
Hey darlin, you’ve been away so long
Hey darlin, you’ve been away so long
See how the trees have grown since you’ve been gone
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Alice Howe Boston, Massachusetts
To hear Alice Howe sing is to be enraptured by the natural, unaffected beauty of her voice. There’s no artifice, no
histrionics — just honest, authentic, emotionally resonant singing in the tradition of the roots music that shaped her.
Her second and latest album, Circumstance, was recorded at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals and produced by her creative partner Freebo (Bonnie Raitt).
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